Doing better for families
Contributors: OECD iLibrary
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9789264098725; 9789264098732
Subjects: Parent and child; Child welfare; Families; Social policy; Family policy
Description: All OECD governments want to give parents more choice in their work and family decisions. This book looks at the different ways in which governments support families. It seeks to provide answers to questions like: Is spending on family benefits going up, and how does it vary by the age of the child? Has the crisis affected public support for families? What is the best way of helping adults to have the number of children they desire? What are the effects of parental leave programmes on female labour supply and on child well-being? Are childcare costs a barrier to parental employment and can flexible workplace options help? What is the best time for mothers to go back to work after childbirth? And what are the best policies to reduce poverty among sole parents?
Notes: "This work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD"--T.p. verso.

"Corrigenda to OECD publications may be found online at: www.oecd.org/publishing/corrigenda"--T.p. verso.

OECD-code: 81 2011 05 1 P.

Also available in French.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Executive summary; title: Families are changing; title: The balance of family policy tools; title: benefit packages, spending by age and families with young children; title: Fertility trends; title: Reducing barriers to parental employment; title: Promoting child development and child well-being; title: Sole parents, public policy, employment and poverty; title: Child maltreatment.